Chart or map holder.



A. c. e; DREILICK'. -CHART-OR MAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION H LE? DEC. 16.1916.

Patented Dec; 1-1, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 TO rimvsr J. oHnE L,

CHART on MAP HOLDER.

release.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntqgd Deg, 11, "Z.

Application filed December 16, 1916. Serial No. 137,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatI, Ann C; G. DREILICK, a subject of the King of Sweden, and resident of Gottenborg, Sweden have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chart or Map Holders, of which the following is a specification.

' The present invention relates to chart or map holders.

p The object of the invention is to provide a very simple and convenient arrangement for holding large sheets, such as 'maps, charts, drawingsand the like in convenient position for reading, andwhile the device is especially useful on shipboard for holding mariners charts, is nevertheless adapted for various other uses. The device consists primarily of a plurality of arms or supports hinged or arranged to rock from a support, the arms being adapted to rest upon a table, desk or othersupport to act as weights to hold the unrolled portion of a drawing, chart or map on the table, the supports having curved ends to form supporting members forthe'rolled portion of the map, charter drawing. 1

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication I Figure 1 is a perspective view of my in vention associated with a table;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof with a portion broken away, showing the rods raised to an inoperative position;

F ig. 3 is a detail View showing a method of connecting the supporting shaft to a wall' Fig. 4c is a sectional view taken on the line 4,4, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the device showing a chart in position for use, and

Fig. 6 is a plan view'thereof.

The charts used by mariners are generally large and bulky and in order to follow the various readings, it is customary to place the chart upon a table and to allow the rolled portion to fall on the floor, owing to the fact that the table is seldom large enough to accommodate the whole chart. This has often resulted in the chart becoming torn or mutilated and the present device is intended to provide a convenient arrangement for holding fiat the unrolled portion of the chart which is being read and for holding the rolled portion.

In the drawings I have shown brackets 1 attached to a wall 2; and mounted in these brackets there is a shaft 3. Near the ends of this shaft there are curved arms 4: having looped ends 5 loosely fitting the shaft so that the arms maybe adjusted therealong. Each arm is offset at 6 and the horizontal portion 7 is adapted to lie parallel with and rest upon a suitable support such as a table 8. i

In a preferred construction therods lk are made extensible and for this purpose I have shown the member 7 formed of tubular cross section as shown in Fig. l, the tubular portion receiving the member 9 which slides freely within this tubular portion of the member 7. The member 9 is curved into loop shape at 10 the loop turning downwardly. This construction is the samefor both of the members 4. i

In using the device the rods at are arranged in the position shown in Fig. 2, in which position the spring clips 11 engage the members 7 and hold them close to the wall. The sheet, such as a chart or map is partially unrolledand arranged across the table top 8, so that the rolled portion is at the forward edge of the table, as viewed in Fig. 1. The rods are then lowered upon the table and upon the drawing or chart near the side edges of the latter, and the roll 12 is placed in the curved loops 10 of the rods, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In this condition the por tion 13 of the chart or map which is being read is held flat and smooth upon the table and the rolled portion is conveniently held so that it will not drag on the unrolled portion nor fall on the floor. If it is desired to read farther down on the chart or map the chart is further unrolled by drawing on the top edge until the chart is sufficiently unrolled to expose the portion which is to be read. No further handling is required for this operation other than drawing on the top edge of the chart or map. If the chart is drawn out to extend beyond the rear edge of the table it may be allowed to hang down.

A method of exposing a more extended portion of the chart to view is to draw the rod members 9 outwardly from the members 7, the latter holding the chart upon the table while the roll 12 is carried outwardly with the loops 10. This will form an extended support for the roll beyond the edge of the table, and instead of a portion equal to the depth of the table being exposed there will prising rods, and means for attaching them v tabla-said rods being curved at their outer be an additional portion ofthe chart displayed corresponding. to the distance that the members 9 are -extended.= In the extended position the rods l and their loopslO form a support for the roll 12 in the same manner as when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 5 and 6. It will be obvious that the telescoping action is not limited towall, whereby the rods may swing, said rods being adapted to rest upon a table or other support near the'wall, whereby they will form weights for holding a sheet fiat upon the table or other support adjacent to the edges of the sheet, said rods having means on their outer ends adapted to receive and support the rolled portion of said sheet, for the purpose set forth. H I

2. A device of the class described comtoa support, vsuch as a wall, whereby the rods may swing vertically, said rods being adapted to rest upon a table or other sup port near the wall, whereby they will form weights for holding a sheet flat uponthe Copies of this patent maybe obtained for ends downwardly and backwardly to form open loops to receive the rolled portion of said sheet and to support the same beyond the edge of said table.

3. A device of the class described comprising rods and means for attaching them to a support in spaced relation, such as a wall, whereby the rods may swing, said rods being offset below their axis and being adapted to rest upon a table or other support near the wall, whereby they will form weights for holding a sheet flat upon the table adjacent the edges of the sheet, said rods having their outer ends formed into open loops adapted to receive and support the rolled portion of said sheet. 7

4. A device of the class described comprising rods and means for attaching them to a support, such as a wall, where y the rods may swing, said rods being adapted to rest upon a table or other support near the wall, whereby they will form weights for holdinga sheet flat upon the table, said rods including extensible members whereby the rods may be extended in the direction of their length, saidextensible members having open loops at their free ends adapted to receive and support the rolled portion of said sheet. v

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 11th day of December, A. D. 1916.

AXEL C. G. DREILICK.

Witnesesz HARRY A. NADEL, CHARLES G. HENsLEY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

